The market for thermal treatment and energetic recovery of residual and other types of solid waste is growing continuously. Increasing waste amounts, shrinking landfill spaces in agglomerations and higher ecological standards stimulate this growth throughout the world.
Today, more than 2,200 WtE plants are active worldwide. They have a disposal capacity of around 280 million tons of waste per year. More than 250 thermal treatment plants with a capacity of nearly 60 million annual tons were constructed between 2010 and 2014. We estimate almost 550 new plants with a capacity of about 150 million annual tons to be constructed by 2024.